The SCImago group is highly active, and as a consequence it has signed numerous cooperation agreements with various Spanish institutions, (FECYT, Junta de Andalucía, Principado de Asturias, Consorcio de Bibliotecas Públicas de Galicia, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea), as well as international institutions (CONICYT, CONACYT, REDALyC, IESALC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Universidad de Antioquia, CEPAL, OECD), which has enabled the group to produce scientific reports on internationally visible scientific output for different aggregates. Zaida has actively participated in the drafting of scientometric reports and developing methodological design and indicators of scientific information systems. She acts as external advisor for ScimagoLab since 2008.

Her major research areas are scientometric analyses of different scientific domains (geographic and disciplinary) for specific problem resolution and to facilitate decision-making processes; analysis of scientific collaboration and its impact on scientific results; methodological proposals oriented to the design of indicators and information systems.